Parents in three Australian states are being given misleading advice about the dangers of lead to babies and small children – including failing to warn pregnant women about miscarriage risks.

The South Australian town of Port Pirie – home to a historic smelter – has some of the worst reported toxic air pollution in Australia.
Photo by Imre Hillenbrand www.universalfocus.com.auApril 15, 2014

Australians living in poorer communities, with lower employment and education levels, as well as communities with a high proportion of Indigenous people, are significantly more likely to be exposed to…

Unsafe: thousands of Port Pirie children have been poisoned over decades, and yet government after government fails to stop it.
Flickr/Viola NgJuly 18, 2012

It is shocking to discover that more than 3000 children have been lead poisoned in the South Australian town of Port Pirie during the last decade. Whilst Australia continues to be a world leader in lead…